From state to state, the laws and requirements of vaccinations for students and workers fluctuate. So as of right now, there are no definitive vaccinations that are nationwide for citizens. While all states and the District of Columbia allow exemptions from the requirements for medical reasons, 19 states allow exemptions based on parents' personal beliefs. Several recent outbreaks of measles, pertussis, and varicella (chickenpox) have been traced to groups of unvaccinated children in states that allow 'personal belief' exceptions and homeschooling exceptions. On February 4, 1991, U.S Congress passed a bill allowing all homeschooled students the opportunity to fill out a form exempting them from any required vaccinations for students in their state. By allowing a sectioned group of students have the ability to refuse any vaccination stirs up the point of arbitrary. The point of vaccinations is so that diseases can be prevented and also the prevention of spreading if they still infect persons. By exempting a specific group of individuals from vaccinations due to not physically attending school does not protect the people they encounter on any other occasion when leaving their homes, such as food shopping, church, family functions, etc. .
Now, the ability to exercise free will is currently in this point in time not a question. With that freedom, there comes a cost of how ones actions can affect an others. Linda E. LeFever, a lawyer in New York City conferred her opinion on vaccination. To LeFever, "vaccination shouldn't even be a question." (LeFever) She completely differs the point of freedom when noting, "Although non-medical exemptions enable states to recognize the rights of parents who sincerely oppose vaccinations, such accommodations pose a serious threat to public health." (LeFever) She supports the idea of protecting the greater good by immunizing, against possible disbelief and risk.
